About our new members
The Irish Handmade Glass Company
After the closure of the Waterford Crystal factory in January 2009, a group of Master craftsmen with a combined total of over 130 years experience in glass-making, came together and made the decision to set up a glass making facility of their own in the very heart of Waterford City.
Located in the new 'Kite Design Studio', The Irish Handmade Glass Company aim to bring the craft of glass making to life for visitors to historic Henrietta Street in the Viking Quarter of Waterford City. Watch in amazement as renowned Glass Master, Richard Rowe transforms the molten glass into works of art before your very eyes. Our aim, along with keeping the craft alive, is to create beautiful, affordable glassware, both crystal clear and also coloured which is not only pleasing to the eye, but also practical to use.
In these modern times the vast majority of glass making companies now use automation to produce their products. Here at The Irish Handmade Glass Company all our products have been hand made here on our premises in historic Waterford City. Our glass is a non-lead based crystal, ‘Crystalline’ which is melted from its pellet form in our purpose built furnace which produces 385 lbs of glass per day. We welcome visitors to our studio to experience our craft and see first hand how glass is formed in the traditional way.
Our designs can be purchased online and we are now selling in several stores around the country including: Kilkenny Shop Nassau Street Dublin, Treasure Chest Galway, An Standun Spideal, Hibernian Gifts Waterford, Shaws Jewellers Sligo, Mourne Antiques Letterkenny, Sterling Jewellers Newbridge Kildare and The Craft Granery in Cahir. We are also exporting to Germany and USA.
Find our more at: http://theirishhandmadeglasscompany.com
PIXY - Natural Skincare
PIXY - Natural Skincare is a pure, new natural skincare range, handmade lovingly in Ireland from natural ingredients, harnessing the healing and revitalizing power of Mother Nature. We use nature’s best in all our products including moisturising unrefined shea butter, cocoa butter, fast-absorbing sweet almond oil and healing vitamin E oil to leave your skin soft and supple. We use essential oils for their amazing fragrance; some energise you, others bring you back in harmony to calm you and soothe away stress.
PIXY - Natural Skincare came to everyone’s attention when it was presented on Dragons’ Den on St. Patrick’s weekend 2012. PIXY products were conceived and developed as an Irish brand that could substitute for imported products but that offered value for money as the range is priced at a 20% reduction to the leading imported brands, making Pixy luxurious, affordable, fun and Irish.
The product was originally conceived, developed and tested in 2010. Research and development of the product range started in the spring of 2010 and the initial phase was completed by spring 2011 when the product was launched in two local pharmacies in Mallow. PIXY - Natural Skincare is now being taken from the initial product development phase to being launched as a national brand and hopefully over the coming years as an international Irish brand. There has been considerable interest in the product since it was seen on Dragons’ Den with expressions of interest from as far afield as Russia and America, and we have been overwhelmed by the interest in the product in Ireland from distributors, retailers and consumers.
PIXY - Natural Skincare products are made from pure natural ingredients, handcrafted in Ireland. We are very proud to have been awarded the Guaranteed Irish symbol as recognition of our commitment to create employment in Ireland.
Find our more at: www.pixy.ie
Cathy's Spelt for Health
Cathy Whitty, the founder of 'Cathy's Spelt for Health' started her business after suffering from a severe allergic reaction leaving her hospitalised. Cathy was put on an exclusion diet to identify the food groups causing the problem. Wheat was to be avoided. Cathy set about to create an easily digestible bread mix for others suffering also with the common wheat sensitivity using spelt flour instead of wheat. She was soon distributing her range of spelt products to over 100health food outlets nationwide and travelling all over the country to meet the growing demand.
“We have witnessed a lot of interest in our wheat-free products since we launched our range a couple of years ago. The biggest problem is that wheat is so prevalent in Western foods and there are few alternatives available on the market. Spelt has long been recognized as providing an excellent alternative to those wishing to avoid wheat. Many of its benefits come from the fact that it offers a broader spectrum of nutrients and it's also been found to be much easier to digest than traditional wheat” says Cathy.
We are currently stocked in over 100 outlets nationwide. In the past few months we have won Two Gold Stars at the Great Taste Awards for our Flapjack Mix and most recently won joint Gold at The Blas na hEireann National Irish Food Awards in Dingle.
Find out more at www.cathysspeltforhealth.ie
C&F Green Energy
C&F Green Energy is a leading provider of renewable energy, with a mission to make wind energy affordable and available to everyone. The company will achieve this using the latest technologies, innovations and manufacturing expertise to enhance wind energy at all levels of demand.
C&F Green Energy is part of the globally renowned C&F Group. C&F was first established in 1989 in Galway, Ireland and now employs over one thousand people in over six sites worldwide. With locations in Ireland, Germany, the UK, The Czech Republic, the Philippines and China, C&F is a global company with a local face.
The C&F Groups value proposition is to deliver superior products and services to its clients globally. The company has assembled a first class team of industrial design experts to deliver solutions based on innovation and engineering excellence. The group's success is attributed to its unrivalled levels of workmanship quality, streamlined manufacturing processes and un-surpassed levels of customer care and retention.
C&F Green Energy was officially established by the C&F Group in 2006. The group recognised the need to provide a more powerful wind energy solution for the home, farm and business owner. With its experience in the manufacturing area, C&F set about designing an innovative wind turbine that would combine unrivalled performance and power with clean aesthetics and reliability.
The company created an innovative range of medium-sized turbines that incorporate the same advanced technologies that are used in Mega-Watt sized machines. Leveraging off the company's expertise in manufacturing and design and its global reach, has enabled C&F Green Energy to offer this advanced technology at very competitive prices.
C&F Green Energy is committed to continuous product improvement and is currently investing almost 2.5 million euro per annum in R&D.
Find out more at www.cfgreenenergy.com